The Constitution Lives in Ferguson - Michael Brown, James Foley, and the rule of law

The American Spectator ^ | August 21, 2014 | Jeffery Lord

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Constitution lives. Even as the news is brutal — it instructs for those willing to pay attention.

American journalist James Foley has been beheaded by ISIS. And an American teenager named Michael Brown was shot dead by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer named Darren Wilson.

In the case of Michael Brown, Ferguson, Missouri remains in an uproar. The town is awash in protesters, both from Ferguson and outsiders. There has been a steady diet of rioting and looting. The President of the United States is involved. The Attorney General of the United States is involved, going to Ferguson personally just yesterday. The governor of Missouri, the lieutenant governor, and attorney general of Missouri are all involved, as is the head of the Missouri State Police and the state’s National Guard. Both of Missouri’s U.S. senators have weighed in, as have members of the state legislature. All of this in addition to the mayor of Ferguson, and the Ferguson police chief.

And the media? They are on it. There is FOX, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. The Associated Press is there, the New York Times, the Washington Post and more from the Old Media. Breitbart is there, the Huffington Post and other Internet outlets as well. The social media exemplified by Facebook and Twitter are everywhere in evidence. And talk radio? Rush is on it, Sean, Mark, Glenn, Laura and on and on goes the list. All discussing, all analyzing, interviewing, televising, reporting and tweeting. Don’t forget either that some store owners, their private property threatened by looting mobs, have used their Second Amendment right to bear arms to stand guard over their property.

Now comes word that American journalist James Foley has been beheaded by ISIS. ............

[bert]

-——The President of the United States is involved.-——

That is part of the lie. The President is not involved. Were he involved, the whole mess would be wrapped up in mass arrests and bloody heads and broken bones suffered by resistance to orders to disperse . .

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's a good piece. Read it all. It's the difference between living in a civilized society guided by a Constitution (that the Left wants to transform) and the Third Worldism of the savage (so beloved by Obama and the John Kerry crowd).

[bert]

Iraq is deemed to be the site. I was under the impression the execution occured in Syria.

I have concluded some time ago that the territorial descriptions are invalid. Iraq and Syria are no more. The territory of ISIL is the valid description. The original boundaries will never be restored.

The ISIL forces will bump up against the Syrian and Iraqi military until the boundaries are firmed up. That firming up is presently in process for Kurdistan. Once the firming up is accomplished in former Iraq, Syria will be under attack again. The ISIL border will be extended to include Aleppo and the Med

There is no military force willing to overcome the change. Neither the political leaders in former Iraq or Syria has forces adequate to mount the offensive action required.

[BykrBayb]

Yes, it is a very good read. I have precious little time for reading these days, so I regret when I waste my time reading drivel. This was worth the time, and will stick with me. Thanks for posting.

[Kenton]

I am ever more firmly convinced that Obama and Holder are doing their best to incite a race war as the best way of destroying America forever.